RE: mastodon.social/@pxlnv/1161635

"Liquid Glass elevates your content" is a lie, and this article perfectly explains and illustrates why that is.

I find screenshots of macOS ~15 years ago quite startling now. It’s easy to forget just how good it was.

@mpbarlow
@tuomas_h
 in any given release one can complain about what was lost and sound like a grumpy old man, but if you look back 15 years it’s clear as day how they’ve been destroying the usability and clarity of everything.

Tuomas Hämäläinen 🇺🇦

@tuomas_h@mastodon.social

@illogical_me
@mpbarlow
 Totally. Intellectually I have been aware the whole time that this has been happening, but actually installing Mavericks on my Late 2013 MacBook Pro a few months ago and clicking around, I had almost a visceral reaction to how clear, readable and obvious everything felt. Returning to a present-day Mac OS felt like someone put a grey veil in front of the screen.

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